NY County Considers Anti-Discrimination Bill for Abuse Victims

In Westchester County, the Board of Legislators is considering a bill that would add victims of abuse to the list of those already protected by the county's human rights law. It would effectively add the status of victims of abuse to the protected classes of race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation and marital status and would ban discrimination in housing and employment.
Cited in the argument is a statistic from the Society for Human Resource Management showing that nearly four in 10 assaults on the job in the United States are committed by a spouse or partner. Another study shows the impact of abuse on the bottom line.